Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-06-17
HOW TO BE WELL.
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE
PEN OF A LITERARY ATHLETE.

Julian Hawthorne's Opinions Concerning
the Stomacll-Keeping the Skin Clean.
Out Door Air-Breathing.
You can improve your physical health
and strength several hundred per cent
without ever touching a Club or a dumb
bell OF pulling a weight. In fact, gymna-
Sums often do harm, for two reasons:
first, because of the confined air; sec
ondly, because those who attend them do
not know what sort of work is best suited
to them and are apt to overdo the work
they undertake, thereby distorting them
selves and sapping their vitality, an ounce
OF which is worth a ton of muscle in
the long run. Too much muscle will
shorten your life; but vitality is life itself.
The stomach, the skin and the lungs are
the three essential things in a human be-
ing. So long as they are in perfect order,
the finest professional gymnast can have
little to teach you. To keep them in
good condition, no gymnasium or gymnas-
tic apparatus is required; still less any
pepsin pills or sarsaparilla. You can do
it all yourself, without altering your bust
ness or domestic habits, or putting your
self to any inconvenience. Quite the con-
trary:- But it is extraordinary, the in
genuity some people show, when the
choice is offered them between two things
or courses, one healthy, the other I'M
healthy, but both equally available or
easy-the diabolical certainty, say, with
which they fix upon that which is I'M
healthy. Whatever the metaphysical
morals of the bulk of man and woman
kind may be, their physical morality
often ot
depravity.
THE NOBLE STOMACH.
Take the stomach first. How many of
our average citizens can lay their hands
upon the noble organ and swear that a
which they do not overload it with pie.
pickles and candy? And how many gallons
OF strongg-even green-tea and hot coffee
per annum do they drench themselves
with? AS to mastication, regularity of
meals, respect for the digestive processes,
and SO forth, I say nothing. After we
have ceased to stuff ourselves with trash
that has no more nourishment in it than
sawdust, and is actively injurious into the
bargain, we may begin to consider these
more elevated subjects. We hear of cru
sades against alcohol; but have no SYM
pathy with a pie and candy eating and tea
ttheh SohSO ll1hlliso Illdn VI WOuld1, WHO
breaches temperance or abstinence; let
them first take the beam out of their own
eye. A small quantity of alcohol admin
istered at the right time, may do good; pie
and candy and green tea never can. Abb
stain from such stuff entirely; never drink
anything hotter than blood heat Let
your only condiments be salt and mus
tard, in moderation; eat butter sparingly,
and cheese not at all; for breakfast and
supper have bread and milk, oatmeal and
eggs; for dinner, fresh meat and vege-
tables, between half a pint of soup and
couple of spoonfuls of light pudding
AS TO DRINK.
AS to drink, if you are thirsty, you can
drink water; if the water is bad, take
mineral water, with an occasional glass of
pure ale OR claret Every five or ten min
utes stop and ask yourself whether you
have not had enough; and if you think you
can get along with what you have eaten, do
not take another mouthful Never try to
tempt" your appetite; on the contrary,
ask yourself whether you could, if neces-
sary, make your meal on pure bread and
water; and if the answer is in the mega
tive, omit that meal and see how you feel
at the next-but never eat between meals.
Ii you ate only wholesome things, you
could live and thrive on half the present
bulk of your food. Starvation is the best
cure tor dyspepsia; pick me pps only keep